Apache CloudStack is een opensourcecloudplatform waarmee een netwerk met virtuele machines opgezet en beheerd kan worden, oftewel een iaas gericht op zowel privé- als publieke omgevingen. Ondersteuning voor hypervisors van VMware, KVM, Citrix XenServer, Xen Cloud Platform (XCP), Oracle VM server en Microsoft Hyper-V is aanwezig. Ook kun je via api's communiceren met EC2 en S3 van Amazon Web Services. Het ontwikkelteam heeft versie 4.11.2.0 LTS uitgebracht met de volgende aankondiging:
Announcing Apache CloudStack LTS Maintenance Release 4.11.2.0
The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of CloudStack 4.11.2.0 as part of its LTS 4.11.x releases. The CloudStack 4.11.2.0 release contains more than 70 fixes since the CloudStack 4.11.1.0 release. CloudStack LTS branches are supported for 20 months and will receive updates for the first 14 months. For the final six months only security updates are provided.
Apache CloudStack is an integrated Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) software platform allowing users to build feature-rich public and private cloud environments. CloudStack includes an intuitive user interface and rich API for managing the compute, networking, software, and storage resources. The project became an Apache top level project in March, 2013. More information about Apache CloudStack can be found at:
http://cloudstack.apache.org/
# Documentation
The 4.11.2.0 release notes include a full list of issues fixed:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.11.2.0/releasenotes/index.html
The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.11.2.0/upgrading/index.html
The official installation, administration and API documentation for each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
# Downloads
The official source code for the 4.11.2.0 release can be downloaded from our downloads page:
http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
In addition to the official source code release, individual contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
http://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/6/
http://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
http://www.shapeblue.com/packages/